Lydia Van Dreel

Lydia is assistant professor of horn at the University of Oregon and a member of the chamber group “QUADRE: the voice of four horns”. Ms. Van Dreel performs regularly as a member of the Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra, The Iris Orchestra (Germantown, TN) the Eugene Symphony Orchestra, and the Faculty Brass and Wind Quintets at the University of Oregon. Before joining the Oregon Faculty in 2006, Van Dreel held a ten year tenure as Co-Principal horn of the Sarasota Orchestra (FL) and was a member of the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra in Boulder, CO. Ms. Van Dreel maintains an active schedule, performing as an orchestral, solo and chamber musician throughout the United States, concertizing and recording music of all styles, including recent recordings with “Quadre: The Voice of Four Horns”, the “Cherry Poppin' Daddies” and the eclectic new music group, “DaDaDah”. Van Dreel received her Master of Music degree from the Juilliard School where she was a student of William Purvis and her undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.